Prince Albert II of Monaco
Actor
- Born
- March 14, 1958 (age 68) · Monte Carlo, Monaco
Albert II (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi; born 14 March 1958) is Prince of Monaco, reigning since 2005.
Born at the Prince's Palace of Monaco, Albert is the second child and only son of Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace. He attended the Lycée Albert Premier before studying political science at Amherst College. In his youth, he competed in bobsleigh during Winter Olympic finals before retiring in 2002. Albert was appointed regent in March 2005 after his father fell ill, and became sovereign prince upon Rainier's death a week later. Since his ascension, he has been outspoken in the field of environmentalism and an advocate of ocean conservation, and adoption of renewable energy sources to tackle global climate change, and founded The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation in 2006, to directly raise funds and initiate action for such causes and greater ecological preservation.
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With assets valued at more than $1 billion, Albert owns shares in the Société des Bains de Mer, which operates Monaco's casino and other entertainment properties in the principality.
In July 2011, Prince Albert married South African Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock. He has four children: Jazmin, Alexandre, Gabriella, and Jacques.
Prince Albert was born in the Prince's Palace of Monaco on 14 March 1958, as the second child of Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace. At the time of his birth, he was heir apparent to the throne. He has Irish, German, and Monegasque ancestry. Albert was a dual citizen of both the Principality of Monaco and the United States of America by birth, before renouncing his American citizenship in his early adulthood. He was baptized on 20 April 1958, by Monsignor Jean Delay, Archbishop of Marseille, in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Monaco. His godparents were Prince Louis de Polignac and Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain. ...
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Known for
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- 2025Murder in Monaco as Self (archive footage)
- 2024Paris 2024 : L'avant cérémonie d'ouverture
- 2024Quintessentially Irish as Self
- 2023Accélère, accélère ! 10 ans de F1 sur Canal+ as Self
- 2022Inside High Noon Revisited as Self
- 2022Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Grace Kelly: Precious Memories as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Grace Kelly: The Missing Millions
- 2021Alick and Albert as Self
- 2021Monaco, le Grand Prix à tout prix
